Incidents and Accidents

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

Hey, so this is cool. It doesn't really seem to signal any major change in policy, and it is coming a bit late, but still: the President said he thinks gay marriage should be legal. It's a step. A nice, big, symbolic step.

That comedy special that Louis C.K. sold on the internet for five bucks, thus altering the universe, is airing this weekend on FX - in an edited form, of course.

Argo looks/sounds like a pretty amazing movie. Here's the trailer. It's based on a true story about a CIA plot to sneak some Americans out of Iran disguised as the film crew for a movie that didn't exist. They even brought in Jack Kirby to do some concept art.

I feel like this Reelizer site, with the custom-made movie posters, was down for a while? Or maybe the RSS feed just didn't work very well? Anyway, they're posting again, and it's pretty impressive stuff.

IBM is pitting its supercomputer Watson against the two most successful Jeopardy contestants yet in a special episode of the quiz show which will air February 14th. We don't know what happened in the real match yet, but we do know that the computer won the practice round.

Fëanor pours the entire internet into the Recyclotron, and only the best links come out the other end for you to enjoy.

poppy sent me a birthday present this morning: The Digital Comic Museum. It's a huge repository of free public domain Golden Age Comics. I'm going to have to wade in later and see what they've got, but it looks like tons and tons of stuff.

Via Jill, the 7 worst pizzas in America. I knew there would be something on here that I eat or would like to eat, and indeed there is: the Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Meat Lover's Pizza. Luckily there aren't any Pizza Huts near me anymore, so it would be very hard for me to get this.

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